NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona

NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona
PlayStation 2 cover art
Developer(s)	Monster Games
Publisher(s)	Infogrames
Platform(s)	PlayStation 2, GameCube
Release date(s)	PlayStation 2 NA November 11, 2002 GameCube NA November 27, 2002
Genre(s)	Sim racing
Mode(s)	Single-player, multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E

NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona is a racing simulator developed by Monster Games and published by Infogrames in November 2002 for the PlayStation 2 and Nintendo GameCube. It is the latest in the NASCAR Heat series^[1] and the last of the NASCAR-licensed games to be published before EA won exclusive rights to the license.

Racing Classes

This was one of the first video games that allowed a player to participate in racing series' other than the Winston Cup Series. Those divisions are the NASCAR Weekly Racing Series (Dirt), The NASCAR Featherlite Modified Series (Now The Whelen Modified Tour), The Craftsman Truck Racing Series (The Camping World Truck Series), and the NASCAR Winston Cup Series (The Sprint Cup Series).[1]

Tracks [on which all 4 series run on]

Dodge Weekly Racing Dirt: Anoka City Speedway, Baxterfair grounds Speedway, Eagan Speedbowl, Kingsfield Raceway, Hastings Motorsports Park, Kenyon Valley Speedway, Dundas Countyfair grounds speedway

Featherlite Modified: Dennison Speedrome, Welch Valley Racing Complex, Richmond International Raceway, Crystal Lake Raceway, Martinsville Speedway, Mankato Raceway, Elk River Raceway, New Hampshire International Speedway

Craftsman Truck: California Speedway, Darlington Raceway, Daytona International Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, New Hampshire International Raceway, Phoenix International Raceway, Richmond International Raceway, Texas Motor Speedway

Winston Cup: Atlanta Motor Speedway, Bristol Motor Speedway, California Speedway, Daytona International Speedway, Dover International Speedway, Homestead-Miami Speedway, Kansas Speedway, Las Vegas Motor Speedway, Lowe's Motor Speedway, Martinsville Speedway, Michigan International Speedway, New Hampshire International Speedway, North Carolina Speedway [The Rock], Phoenix International Raceway, Richmond International Raceway, Talladega Superspeedway, Texas Motor Speedway, Watkins Glen International, Infineon Raceway

Bugs/Issues

The game has mainly few bugs but there is some. Like for these for example: 1: Mankato Raceway opening on pit road 2: Richmond International Raceway fall in trap 3: Horn Motar which done correctly makes your car fly at 509 mph. [first done in mid 2005] 4: Finding your top speed. [To find your top speed on that track you go on top of another car which is known "Raping the car"] 5: Lack of Drivers 6: Lack of AI difficulty from 1-3 and too hard from 4-5. 7: Easy AI Spin out 8: Kansas and Las Vegas hard AI on AI difficulty 3. 9: Big Jump at Infineon [it's fun but its not necessary] That is all the bugs or issues that people may have dealt with.

Main Menu

Fast Action Career Load Data

Fast Action

Single Player Beat the Heat Pro Trainer Championship Options Player Rating Unlockables Multiplayer Save

Career

Office- Race now, Employees, NASCAR news, Almanac, Save, Garage Garage- Paint Shop [renamed the Paint Booth], Office, Career Options, Parts Catalog [splits into a computer and a catalog]

Loads data if you have a career elsewhere saved on your PS2 or Nintendo GameCube.

Gameplay

In the Career mode, players have to start out in a Dirt racing series and work their way through the ranks of NASCAR to Winston Cup. In free race mode players can race in any four divisions that they please. While the game incorporates actual drivers, fantasy drivers are also used in every division to make up for drivers not featured in-game. The mechanisms for career mode were later adopted, albeit in a modified form (Featherlite, Craftsman, Nationwide, and Nextel Cup), into a new gameplay mode named "Fight to the Top" in the EA Sports video game NASCAR 2005: Chase for the Cup.

References

1. ^ "IGN: NASCAR Dirt to Dayton Profile". http://ps2.ign.com/objects/482/482028.html. 

External links

• NASCAR: Dirt to Daytona at MobyGames